deciding which ergm terms to use based on the data

Marriage / Cohab Network

Age Mixing

options:

nodematch(agecat) absdiff / absdiffby (age / sqrt age?)

AgeCat

Age

Sqrt Age

Age Squared

Existing Relationships

nodefactor(deg.other, base=?)

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Offsets

sex, concurrent


# Other Network

Marriage/Cohab Network

  1. nodecov(age) seems reasonable
  2. absdiff(sqrtage)?
  3. nodefactor(deg.other, levels=-1)
  4. do i need a deg(0)?
  5. offsets: sex, concurrent

Other Network

  1. nodefactor(agecat, levels:c(1:2)) ? (keep 15:19 and 20:24)
  2. absdiff(sqrtage)
  3. nodefactor(deg.marcoh, levels=-1)
  4. do i need a deg(0)?
  5. offsets: sex